civil rights

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    brown vs the board of education

    Filed against the Topeka, Kansas school board, Oliver Brown who one of his kids were denied access to a white school because of her color. He found this unconstitutional and filed a law suit that would become important in in playing a role to stop discrimination in schools.
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    Montgomery bus boycott

    This was an event in which African Americans in Montgomery Alabama refused to use public buses because of the segregation. Four days before the boycott began, Rosa Parks was arrested for refusing to give up her seat to a white man.
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    Counterculture

    A time during the Vietnam war when a subculture came out refers to as hippies. They opposed the war.
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    Black power

    A political slogan that emphasized a time of black pride in the creation of political and cultural institutions to protect place interest.
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    Freedom Riders

    African american atavist who would ride buses to the south to challenge the non-enforcement of buses segregation.
  • United Farm Workers

    United Farm Workers
    United Farm Workers Is a labor union. It was formed from two smaller work unions
  • violence in Birmingham

    violence in Birmingham
    A peaceful protest in Birmingham turns violent when protesters are meant by violence from attack dogs and horses from local cops. It was known as "The beginning of the end."
  • March on Washington

     March on Washington
    200,000 Americans gathers at Washington to protest for jobs and freedom. This is where martin Luther king Jr. did his "i have a dream speech".
  • civil rights act of 1964

    civil rights act of 1964
    A landmark civil rights act and labor law that outlaws any discrimination agents any sex, race, religion, and national origin.
  • Selma March

     Selma March
    Three marches that happens in 1965. These happen on 54-mile highway and were for voting rights.
  • Watts Riot

     Watts Riot
    An African american motorist gets arrested for drunk driving. A minor fight broke out and the community gets enraged by the police brutality and fight back looting places for days. finally 4,000 volunteers from the California national guard get it under control.
  • Bilingual Education Act

    Bilingual Education Act
    The first United States pice of legislation that recognized limited English speaking students. It wasn't also known as the secondary education act.
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    Latino Movement

    A movement that happened to empower Latinos across America. there also were organizations that worked agents INS and immigration law enforcement brutality.
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    Feminist Movement

    This movement happened for girls to get equal pay, maternity leave women's suffrage and much more topics.
  • Martin L. King’s assassination

     Martin L. King’s assassination
    James earl ray, a known racist and a small criminal shot and killed martin Luther king Jr in Memphis.